2023-2024 Young Scientists Symposium Date: Sunday April 14th, 2024 Time: 12pm-3pm Join us at the 2023-2024 Young Scientists Symposium to celebrate the incredible work that this year’s participating students have put in over the past 10 months. Student’s have conducted lab based research projects in the aquarium’s Aquatic Nursery along with Field Research Projects throughout the Cabrillo Beach Coastal Park, focusing on a wide array of marine science related topics. Throughout the Symposium learn first hand what went into each student’s experiment as they present their research posters and provide visual demonstrations representing various components of their experimental process.
2024 Young Scientists Program Ice Breaker Date: Saturday April 27th, 2024 & Sunday April 28th, 2024
Time: 10am-3pm
High school students interested in the Young Scientists Program must attend the entire event on either April 27th, 2024 or April 28, 2024 as part of the admission process. Throughout the event, students will have the opportunity to Interact with Aquarium staff and past participants to learn all about the Young Scientists Program requirements, application process, program timeline, and more!
The Young Scientists Program is a free, independent research program. Each participating student will be assisted by staff mentors throughout the course of their research. The commitment for this program is a minimum of one experimental shift per week from June 2024 - March 2025.
Space is limited for each day of the 2024 YSP Ice Breaker event, RSVP is required for attendance. If interested in attending, please complete the 2024 Young Scientists Program Ice Breaker RSVP Form no later than Sunday April 21st, 2024.
As a reminder, attendance of the Ice Breaker Event is required for all 2024 YSP Applicants.
2024 Young Scientist Program Application - Due Sunday May 5th, 2024
Applications for the 2024 Young Scientist Program are now open! To Apply, you must attend one of the Ice Breaker Events taking place here at CMA on Saturday April 27th, 2024 and Sunday April 28th, 2024. You can RSVP using the link above.
In addition to attending the Ice Breaker event, all applicants must complete and submit the 2024 Young Scientist Program Application - DUE 5/5/2024. This application includes the submission of an updated resume, one page personal statement, and Teacher Recommendation Form.
For Specific questions regarding the application process, please reach out to aquaticnursery.research@cmaqua.org and tyler.davies@lacity.org |